destruct vs lay waste

destruct

verb
  • To intentionally cause the destruction of. 

  • To invoke the destructor of. 

  • To self-destruct. 

lay waste

verb
  • To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region. 

  • simple past tense of lie waste 

How often have the words destruct and lay waste occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )